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1. Mulholland Drive (2001)
R | 147 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After a car wreck on Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, Jeanne Bates
Votes: 385,110 | Gross: $7.22M
2. Men in Black (1997)
PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
James, an NYC cop, is hired by Agent K of a secret government agency that monitors extraterrestrial life on Earth. Together, they must recover an item that has been stolen by an intergalactic villain.
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio
Votes: 615,182 | Gross: $250.69M
3. The Wonder (I) (2022)
R | 108 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A tale of two strangers who transform each other's lives, a psychological thriller, and a story of love pitted against evil.
Director: Sebastián Lelio | Stars: Florence Pugh, Tom Burke, Kíla Lord Cassidy, Niamh Algar
Votes: 44,552
4. Dark Passage (1947)
Passed | 106 min | Film-Noir, Thriller
A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try to prove his innocence.
Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 22,174
5. Anonymous (I) (2011)
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama, Thriller
The theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare's plays. Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I and the Essex rebellion against her.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, David Thewlis, Sebastian Armesto
Votes: 42,180 | Gross: $4.46M
6. The Phantom of the Open (2021)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, manages to gain entry to the 1976 British Open Golf Championship qualification round despite being a complete novice.
Director: Craig Roberts | Stars: Mark Rylance, Ian Porter, Tommy Fallon, David Mara
Votes: 7,309
7. The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
PG | 110 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An employee who develops a lucrative secret process for his corporation is tempted to betray the company when higher ups attempt to take the process from him. Dastardly intrigue ensues.
Director: David Mamet | Stars: Steve Martin, Ben Gazzara, Campbell Scott, Ricky Jay
Votes: 25,929 | Gross: $10.20M
8. Secret Millionaire (2018 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 84 min | Comedy
Very rich father wants to build on a local park. His only son fall in love with cute protester, but she doesn't know who his father is .
Director: Michael M. Scott | Stars: Steve Lund, Siobhan Williams, Allie Bertram, Adam DiMarco
Votes: 1,079
9. My Old School (2022)
104 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
In 1993, 16-year-old Brandon Lee enrolled at Bearsden Academy, a secondary school in a well-to-do suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. What followed over the next two years became the stuff of legend.
Director: Jono McLeod | Stars: Alan Cumming, Brandon Lee, Dawn Steele, Lulu
Votes: 1,723
10. Christmas Inheritance (2017)
TV-PG | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
To be the CEO, an heiress is challenged by her dad to deliver a Christmas letter in person to his ex-partner in their hometown - traveling by bus, incognito and with only $100. Will she learn something from the people there?
Director: Ernie Barbarash | Stars: Eliza Taylor, Jake Lacy, Andie MacDowell, Neil Crone
Votes: 13,390
11. Hollywood Story (1951)
Passed | 77 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An independent producer unwisely opens a can of worms after he decides to make a movie about the unsolved murder of a famous silent film director in 1929.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Richard Conte, Julie Adams, Richard Egan, Henry Hull
Votes: 929
12. Christmas in Love (2018 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Drama, Romance
An aspiring crafter working in her small town's bakery shows the new big-city CEO that it's people and not machines which make the business a success.
Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Brooke D'Orsay, Daniel Lissing, Mary-Margaret Humes, David Keeley
Votes: 2,298
13. The Eagle (1925)
Unrated | 73 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A wanted Russian lieutenant becomes a masked vigilante seeking vengeance upon the man who stole his family's land, only to fall for his charming daughter.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Rudolph Valentino, Vilma Bánky, Louise Dresser, Albert Conti
Votes: 2,281 | Gross: $0.32M
14. Dying for A Daughter (2020 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Thriller
After a terrifying car accident leaves her adolescent daughter severely injured, Samantha hires a live-in nurse who may have ulterior motives for helping.
Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Brittany Underwood, Melanie Nelson, Brandon Ray Olive, Scarlett Roselynn
Votes: 173
15. The Saint's Girl Friday (1953)
73 min | Crime, Mystery
A private detective goes after the people who murdered his girlfriend.
Director: Seymour Friedman | Stars: Louis Hayward, Naomi Chance, Sydney Tafler, Charles Victor
Votes: 255
16. The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934)
Approved | 64 min | Comedy, Crime
After an extended stay in England, Sophie Lang returns to America. She is beautiful, sophisticated--and a notorious jewel thief. A New York police detective who's been trying to nail her ... See full summary »
Directors: Ralph Murphy, William Cameron Menzies | Stars: Gertrude Michael, Paul Cavanagh, Arthur Byron, Alison Skipworth
Votes: 91
17. Stealing Christmas (2003 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 89 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A small-time crook intent on robbing a department store is mistaken as a Santa for-hire. At first, he decides to play along, but he gets caught up in the holiday spirit, and begins to have second thoughts about "Stealing Christmas".
Director: Gregg Champion | Stars: Tony Danza, Lea Thompson, Angela Goethals, Betty White
Votes: 992
18. Adam and Evalyn (1949)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Romance
When a friend dies, a gambler adopts his daughter. Complications ensue.
Director: Harold French | Stars: Stewart Granger, Jean Simmons, Helen Cherry, Joan Swinstead
Votes: 616
19.
Dynasty (1981–1989)
Episode:
Madness
(1983)
TV-PG | 48 min | Drama, Romance
Jeff's temper continues to grow more volatile. Adam attempts to implicate Jeff in the Cecil Colby/Logan Rhinewood scandal. After learning that Blake and Krystle intend to adopt Steven's son Danny, Alexis demands custody of her grandson.
Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: John Forsythe, Linda Evans, Pamela Sue Martin, John James
Votes: 85
20.
The Star and the Story (1955–1956)
Episode:
Ferry to Fox Island
(1955)
30 min | Drama
On the eve of her wedding, a waitress gives her life savings to her fiance to invest for their future. Not surprisingly, he vanishes without a trace. Except for one clue -- a time table for the Fox Island Ferry.
Director: Harry Keller | Stars: Jan Sterling, Mary Anderson, Stuart Randall, Eddy Waller
Votes: 14
21.
Mannix (1967–1975)
Episode:
Run Till Dark
(1971)
TV-PG | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A teenage baseball team hires Mannix to find their missing coach, who is a parolee who been running, and hiding his identity, ever since he got out of prison.
Director: Murray Golden | Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, Jonathan Goldsmith, Charlotte Stewart
Votes: 99
22.
Little Fires Everywhere (2020)
Episode:
Duo
(2020)
TV-MA | 54 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Lexie finds out upsetting news and turns to Pearl for help.
Director: Lynn Shelton | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington, Joshua Jackson, Rosemarie DeWitt
Votes: 1,107
23.
Supergirl (2015–2021)
Episode:
Reality Bytes
(2020)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Nia's roommate is attacked by a man targeting Dreamer; Dreamer refuses to give into men's threats and puts herself in the line of fire to stop him; Alex, J'onn and Kelly attempt to rescue a man stuck inside a virtual reality game.
Director: Armen V. Kevorkian | Stars: Melissa Benoist, Chyler Leigh, Katie McGrath, Jesse Rath
Votes: 1,460
24.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Stranger
(2009)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detectives Stabler and Benson's suspicions arise when a teenage Jane Doe takes on two identities.
Director: David Platt | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Ice-T
Votes: 1,053
25.
Breaking Bad (2008–2013)
Episode:
Open House
(2011)
TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
While Walt worries about Gus's interference and Jesse's increasingly fragile state of mind, Skyler steps up the pressure to get what she wants.
Director: David Slade | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris
Votes: 24,651
26.
A Friend of the Family (2022)
Episode:
The Great Deceiver
(2022)
TV-MA | 52 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Jan goes missing again and the FBI's hands are tied, but the Brobergs press on in their search for answers; the case takes a heavy toll on Pete as he digs deeper into B.'s past; Jan learns to blend in a strange new environment.
Director: Jamie Travis | Stars: Jake Lacy, Colin Hanks, Lio Tipton, Mckenna Grace
Votes: 171
27.
Broad City (2014–2019)
Episode:
The Lockout
(2014)
TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy
After Abbi bug bombs her apartment, and Ilana misplaces her keys, the girls are forced to face life on the streets - just in time for Abbi's first art gallery show.
Director: Lucia Aniello | Stars: Abbi Jacobson, Ilana Glazer, John Gemberling, Arturo Castro
Votes: 530
28.
Better Call Saul (2015–2022)
Episode:
Bali Ha'i
(2016)
TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama
Jimmy finds comfort in familiarity; Kim receives a life-changing proposal; when he is threatened, Mike finds himself pushed to the limit.
Director: Michael Slovis | Stars: Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian
Votes: 12,646
29.
The Blacklist (2013–2023)
Episode:
Ruin
(2018)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Liz abandons her old life for a fresh start in a new place, but she is forced to draw on her emotional and physical strength in a brutal fight when a threat finds her.
Director: Michael Caracciolo | Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Amir Arison
Votes: 1,742
30.
BuzzFeed Unsolved: True Crime (2016–2021)
Episode:
The Scandalous Murder of William Desmond Taylor
(2018)
TV-MA | 29 min | Documentary, Comedy, Crime
A murder in Hollywood! Ryan and Shane delve into the theories surrounding the murder of actor William Desmond Taylor in 1922.
Director: Ryan Bergara | Stars: Ryan Bergara, Shane Madej
Votes: 64
31.
Frankie Drake Mysteries (2017–2021)
Episode:
The Last Dance
(2018)
TV-PG | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The team investigates a kidnapping gone wrong at the Palais Royale. They learn the victim is gravely ill and race to find him and save his life.
Director: Ruba Nadda | Stars: Lauren Lee Smith, Chantel Riley, Rebecca Liddiard, Sharron Matthews
Votes: 139